Akshan vs Soraka
How to Beat Soraka as Akshan
based on 1,633 Akshan vs Soraka matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Akshan vs Soraka Matchup Summary
Best Akshan vs Soraka Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Soraka as Akshan
Tips for Playing as Akshan against Soraka
Raising an eyebrow in the face of danger, Akshan fights evil with dashing charisma, righteous vengeance, and a conspicuous lack of shirts. He is highly skilled in the art of stealth combat, able to evade the eyes of his enemies and reappear when they least expect him. With a keen sense of justice and a legendary death-reversing weapon, he rights the wrongs of Runeterra's many scoundrels while living by his own moral code: “Don't be an ass.”
Advice to Win Against Soraka
It's easier to focus Soraka than the ally she is healing.
Focus on attacking Soraka when she ever ventures to the frontline to heal her allies.
Take advantage of Soraka's long cooldown on Equinox if she uses it to harass.
Akshan vs Soraka Counter Stats
How to Counter Soraka with Akshan in LoL
The stat comparisons provided here emphasize some strategic Akshan vs. Soraka counter stats that may help you explain the differences between the pair. For instance, Akshan’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is greater than Soraka’s KDA ratio of NaN, highlighting that Akshan may be more central to their team's team fighting potential than Soraka. This observation is largely caused by the difference in kills.
Akshan usually has a much larger longest killing spree than their matchup does. Commonly, they receives more damage than Soraka. This typically indicates different amounts of tankyness; however, it can also show that the one champ has less mobility and thus is not able to flee from further harm when engaged or poked.
Differences between Akshan and Soraka
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Who is Better, Akshan or Soraka?
Both League champions are great champions. Both champs have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In League's current meta, Akshan usually loses when playing against Soraka, with a 48.6% win rate. As a result, Akshan makes a bad counter to Soraka.
While Akshan does have a lower winrate compared to Soraka, when on opposite teams, Akshan also has a lower difficulty level that makes them a less complex champ to learn. You still need to be cautious when picking Akshan into Soraka.
Moreover, Akshan also has some amount of CC and other utility, a similar amount to Soraka. This often makes her just as valuable during teamfights, especially when trying to counter champions with a lot of burst damage.
While there is not a single best champion for every situation in League of Legends, in Akshan vs Soraka matchups, Soraka is the better champ with a lower win rate, less champion complexity, and a similar amount of utility to help out your allied champions during team fights.
Akshan is a somewhat poor counter for Soraka. Focus your strategy on increasing your gold income and clearing objectives. If you do that, you should hold your own as Akshan against Soraka.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
If you would like to truly master Akshan to counter Soraka during both the early game and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should continue reading to gather a few extra lessons on this matchup. If you pay attention to the build and suggestions presented here, you will increase your win rate significantly and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.
Akshan on average racks up much more CS compared to Soraka. Champs who on average don't earn much CS typically don't require much CS to be effective, such as support champions. They are able to scale well off of their skills, stats, and first items alone. Yet, champs with a lot of CS, such as hyper-carries, often have to have several high cost items to be effective. In either case, try to surpass the numbers reported on this page to do well.
The best items to prioritize in your Akshan versus Soraka build consist of Blade of The Ruined King, Terminus, and Kraken Slayer. When Akshan combined at least these three pieces in their build, they performed significantly better vs Soraka than with many other commonly used counter builds. In fact, Akshan boasted an average winrate of 48.6% battling Soraka with this counter build.
To have the greatest probability of annihilating Soraka as Akshan, you should use the Press the Attack, Presence of Mind, Legend: Alacrity, Coup de Grace, Bone Plating, and Shield Bash runes from the Precision and Resolve rune sets. Out of all the rune combinations we have analyed for Akshan vs Soraka LoL games, this mix of runes yielded the best win rate. Notably, these runes averaged a 48.6% winrate overall.
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